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Once Upon A Time - Season 4 - Ernie Hudson cast as Poseidon

19 Dec 2014

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Another key Little Mermaid character is heading to ABC’s Once Upon a Time. Ernie Hudson has been cast as King Poseidon in episode 15 of the fairytale drama’s current fourth season. In a twist, in addition to being the the powerful deity of legend, in the Once Upon a Time world, we will also discover that Poseidon is the father of the villainous Ursula, played by Merrin Dungey. The two will be joined by JoAnna Garcia Swisher, who will be reprising her role as Ariel.
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37 comments:

  1. Oh no.no.no.no.no more little mermaid.PLEASE!

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  2. Yes! I love this so much. So I'm guessing all the Greek and Roman myths and others are all true in OUAT 'verse too?

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  3. Poseidon ... That would be Ariel's grandfather then - because Triton is the son of Poseidon.

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  4. Cool! Kinda wish they hadn't told us he was Ursula's father though...

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  5. This should be interesting!

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  6. This will be very interesting! Great move OUAT

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  7. I'm patiently waiting for Percy Jackson now.

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  8. i DIED, FROM HAPPINES!

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  9. As long as they do a better job than with Medusa... I'm in!

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  10. My guess was right and wrong about the king. I said Triton but the pic saying Ernie is playing Poseidon but the pic is Triton. I believe Poseidon is either Triton father or grandfather.. which would mean Ariel and Ursula are related.. or maybe they are not and Ariel might not even b a princess. .
    This episode is Ursula backstory

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  11. The have with King Midas, Medusa, Pegasus wings, the Siren

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  12. Oh I forgot about Medusa! I don't remember the siren or pegasus wings :P I'd like a full story arc based on one though (half a season), I hope they do it eventually

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  13. I love it. This is one of the most interesting storylines I've seen.

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  14. I dread to think what his Poseidon costume will look like. Hopefully it’s an improvement over the awful Ursula one.

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  15. I don't watch this show... but I'll be sure to catch any ep's that he's in

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  16. Nicolás Caballero Mühlbach19 December 2014 at 22:40

    Like in the musical storyline, Ursula and Triton are going to be bro and sis. And Ariel has divine blood in her veins :D

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  17. LOL, I completely forgot about Medusa. Oops.

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  18. Noneofyourbusiness19 December 2014 at 23:42

    The Siren was the guardian of Lake Nostos and Charming to kill her to get the magic water to turn Princess Abigail's beau Frederick back from a gold statue. (Season 1, Ep 13 "What Happened to Frederick") Because she died, the lake dried up and there wasn't enough water to both cure Snow of the infertility potion King George tricked her into drinking *and* save the life of Charming's mother Ruth, so Ruth sacrificed herself by sneaking the water into the cup Snow drank from at her informal wedding ceremony with Charming. (Season 2, Ep 3 "Lady of the Lake")

    Captain Hook and his brother flew to Neverland using a sail made of feathers from Pegasus, when Hook was a lieutenant in the navy. After his brother died of the poison and Hook turned pirate, he burned the sail so that no one could go to Neverland again - this was before he lost Milah and decided to go there by magic bean so that he could live long enough to get revenge on Rumpelstiltskin. (Season 3, Ep 5 "Good Form")

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  19. Noneofyourbusiness19 December 2014 at 23:44

    She was referred to as a goddess in "Ariel".

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  20. WHO YOU GONNA CALL?! GHOSTBUSTERS!

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  21. This news is beyond exciting, I love Ernie Hudson and with him being cast as Ursula's father I know this is going to be wild and with his acting chops he's going to bring it as Poseidon, wow!!!

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  22. That's the first thing I thought of, lol!!!

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  23. I'm kind of excited simply because I thought they made Ursula look more like Grecian Myth, rather than going solely with the Disney version and this confirms my suspicions about that! Seriously want someone to kiss her and tell she tastes like fish biscuits! (or that could be Ariel's nickname :p )

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  24. They changed picture to Poseidon, so it is not Triton.

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  25. Ursula had "I-have-to-move-on-my-legs" costume. I hope she has exactly the same like Regina in s03e06.

    https://33.media.tumblr.com/8359d107d056a912cba95d80b3181fee/tumblr_mvq3fwABIQ1qc1f3to2_250.gif

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  26. Maybe she was, BUT HER FATHER BANISHED TO OUR WORLD?!

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  27. They changed picture to Poseidon in that article.

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  28. (2) They changed picture to Poseidon in that article.

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  29. In one of the first drafts of The Little Mermaid's script, Ursula as Triton's sister and thus Ariel's aunt. Their father was Poseidon.

    In the stage musical adaptation of the movie they reused this storyline, however they changed the reason Ursula was exiled in different productions. In the Broadway version it was because Poseidn had divided the sea between Triton and Ursula. Ursula then misused her power ao Triton took over her part of the sea.

    In the Dutch/European version Triton and Ursula had 6 older sisters. Poseidon always favoured his elder daughters so to catch his attention Ursula secretly murdered all her older sisters. However, after she did that Poseidon still didn't give her enough attention, so she also murdered him and became queen. Triton figured out she killed everyone so he took the throne and exiled her. It is revealed that as revenge Ursula then killer his wife (Ariel's mother).

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  30. In one of the first drafts of The Little Mermaid's script, Ursula as Triton's sister and thus Ariel's aunt. Their father was Poseidon.

    In the stage musical adaptation of the movie they reused this storyline, however they changed the reason Ursula was exiled in different productions. In the Broadway version it was because Poseidn had divided the sea between Triton and Ursula. Ursula then misused her power ao Triton took over her part of the sea and exiled her.

    In the Dutch/European version Triton and Ursula had 6 older sisters. Poseidon always favoured his elder daughters so to catch his attention Ursula secretly murdered all her older sisters. However, after she did that Poseidon still didn't give her enough attention, so she also murdered him and became queen. Triton figured out she killed everyone so he took the throne and exiled her. It is revealed that as revenge Ursula then killed his wife (Ariel's mother) and blamed the humans.

    So I wonder what her backstory will be in OUAT..!

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  31. It's OUAT, of course we'll get more family relations;)

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  32. ooo-kay well that's not the cartoon Ariel movie is it LOL

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  33. I do hope we see Hook here in some connection. a backstory during here.

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  34. maybe with ursula, you know the whole pirate thing and being out in the sea

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